Camera

Posted on August 9, 2006 by | 5 Comments

This is what we got yesterday:
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PD-16 Plenax
Agfa Ansco Corporation, Binghamton, NY.
1930’s
Lens: Hypar Anistigmat f6.3 103mm
T B 25 50 100
616 film
2 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
One of those was sold on e-bay relatively recently for $85. Is there any possibility that one can find a stash of the old film used in this camera so I can give it try?

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5 responses to “Camera”

  1. justawriter's avatar justawriter | August 9, 2006 at 4:46 pm |

    This page has a (broken) link to a source but the web site is still active.

  2. coturnix's avatar coturnix | August 9, 2006 at 4:47 pm |

    Great! Thank you.

  3. Dendroica's avatar Dendroica | August 9, 2006 at 5:03 pm |

    If that doesn’t work, one of the big camera stores in New York (e.g., B&H, Adorama) might be able to help.

  4. Madison Guy's avatar Madison Guy | August 9, 2006 at 5:38 pm |

    The film size for roll film would be determined by the width of the negative, not the length. I have no idea what 616 film is. But the 2-1/4 width is standard ol’ 120 film . You know, Hasselblad size. (Maybe 616 was just a longer roll to accomodate the longer frames and get a reasonable number of pix on a roll.)
    If that doesn’t work, try a Holga.

  5. susan's avatar susan | August 9, 2006 at 10:11 pm |

    I love the camera. 🙂 I am into camera-photography.